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WHO Uganda News Bulletin Vol.1 Issue 20, October 2013

Kampala, 22nd October 2013: For the 8th consecutive year, Uganda commemorated the Safe Motherhood Day with weeklong activities that culminated into a national function held in Apac district. The function was presided over by the Speaker of Parliament The Right Honourable Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga under the theme “Teenage Pregnancy an obstacle to Safe Motherhood: Let us stop it now”.It was a pertinent theme given that Uganda has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in Sub-Saharan Africa. According to Uganda Demographic Health Survey (UDHS 2011), 24% of adolescent girls in Uganda become pregnantbefore the age of 19.